PPT-Plurality Voting with Truth-biased Agents

Vangelis Markakis Joint work with Svetlana Obraztsova David R M Thompson Athens University of Economics and Business AUEB Dept of Informatics Talk Outline Elections Plurality Voting. Paper by: . Vincent . Conitzer. , Toby Walsh. and . Lirong. Xia. Presented by: . John . Postl. James Thompson. Motivation. If there is a single manipulator among truthful voters, when can the manipulator vote strategically to change the outcome, if ever?. Making Group . Decisions. Mechanism design: study solution concepts. 7-. 1. We vote in awarding scholarships, teacher of the year, person to hire.. Rank feasible social outcomes based on agents' individual ranking of those outcomes. Looking at a problem from the designers point of view. Voting. over alternatives. >. >. >. >. voting rule (mechanism) determines winner based on votes. Can vote over other things too. Where to go for dinner tonight, other joint plans, …. (Txt:1.2,1.3 & SOL: DM.8) . . Classwork: . p.33 (27abc run off, 29ab run off, 31, . 33ab run off). Homework (day 3):. p.33 (28 run off, 30 run off, 32, 34ab run off). Project Presentations next block. A SOCIAL CHOICE ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH CONSTITUENCY ELECTIONS, . 1992-2010. Nicholas R. Miller. University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). Second World Congress of the Public Choice Societies. Miami, March 8-11, 2012. 2 Timothy 2: 24-26. God’s Agents of Repentance. 2 Timothy 2: 24-26. God grants repentance – turning from error to truth. Gospel Message (Acts 26:18) . God’s Agents of Repentance. 2 Timothy 2: 24-26. LCS Consulting. http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/2004035.pdf. The Reality of Plurality. How do we address a multitude of opinions, identities, priorities, beliefs?. How do we find commonality and cohesion in an individualistic society?. A look at how math affects elections. Jana . Behm. Math 320. July 7, 2010. overview. Voting Systems and how they can effect outcomes. *Majority Rule. *Plurality Voting. *Electoral College. Majority Rule. (or, “Mistakes Requesters Make”). Adam D. Bradley. abradley@amazon.com. What is Mechanical Turk?. Amazon Mechanical Turk is a marketplace for work. . Feedback. Mechanical Turk provides a set of primitives . To get valid results, survey samples must be chosen very carefully. An unbiased sample is selected so that it accurately represents the entire population. Two ways to pick an unbiased sample are on the . A SOCIAL CHOICE ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH CONSTITUENCY ELECTIONS, . 1992-2010. Nicholas R. Miller. University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). Second World Congress of the Public Choice Societies. Miami, March 8-11, 2012. with an Emphasis on Approval Voting. 1. Presenter: Celeste Landry. . . Voting is a process for making a collective decision. 2. An Important Distinction. Single-Winner (SW). : . governor, ward member, member of Congress. Jérôme. . Lang. with thanks to:. Let’s vote!. > >. . A . voting rule. determines winner based on votes. . > >. . > >. . 1. 2. Voting: Plurality rule. Luyi. Mo. University of Hong Kong. Joint work with. Reynold. Cheng, Ben Kao, . Xuan. Yang, . Chenghui. . Ren. , . Siyu. Lei, David Cheung, and Eric Lo. Outline. 2. Introduction. Problem Definition & Solution for Multiple Choice Questions.